BOSTON, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc., a creator of a
secure public key cryptography system, and Blue Spike, Inc., the leading
developer of secure digital watermarking applications today announced a
partnership that will incorporate NTRU's public key encryption technology with
Blue Spike's leading-edge "end-to-end" music security solution.
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"NTRU combines high security with exceptional speed, and lets us
demonstrate a complete solution to the needs of music copyright owners," said
Scott Moskowitz, President of Blue Spike. "We pioneered secure digital
watermarking over a period of many years in cooperative efforts with the music
industry and are happy to launch the first of a number of valuable technical
solutions to the digital copy problem-commonly known as piracy."
NTRU is an innovative public key cryptography system developed by a team
of world-renowned mathematicians and cryptographers. NTRU provides the
fastest and most-efficient public key cryptography solution -- at all security
levels. At the heart of NTRU is a collection of mathematical concepts based
on manipulating lists of very small integers. This allows NTRU to achieve
high speeds with the use of minimal computing power.
"Blue Spike is developing an innovative music security solution," said
Scott Crenshaw, NTRU's Vice President of Business Development. "We are
pleased to be an integral part of their package. Blue Spike is combining the
best components for watermarking, encryption and compression to deliver a
complete solution to the music distribution industry."
Blue Spike is offering a complete "end-to-end" music security solution
encompassing packaged media and electronic delivery. This is the first
implementation of an exciting new area of security-- "trusted transactions."
The system allows copyright owners to protect their products from piracy while
maintaining for consumers all of the flexibility they have come to expect from
their current music libraries. The system also allows music producers to
develop and securely deliver innovative music packages, including audio
enhancements, text, images, and video. The system is scalable for use on a
range of products, from portable players to personal computers to high-end
stereo equipment.
About Blue Spike
Blue Spike is the leading provider of secure digital watermarking and
content protection technologies based on an extensive patent portfolio. Blue
Spike's technology enables owners of multimedia content such as music labels,
movie studios, banking and financial institutions and government agencies to
establish ownership over digital copies, and to identify legitimacy of digital
information that otherwise would appear to be exact, perfect copies. Its
digital watermarking application is the only provably secure watermarking
system that makes use of cryptographic keys, which are used to authenticate
the digital asset. Blue Spike's "trusted transactions" represent a new era
for bridging cryptographic security with human trust. Trusted transactions
are a leading contender for democratizing security for all transactions.
http://www.bluespike.com/
About NTRU
NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc. makes the world's fastest secure public key
cryptography solutions operating over 100 times faster than competitive
systems including those from Certicom Corporation and RSA Security at
equivalent security levels. NTRU is the best public key cryptography solution
for wireless data communications, digital music and video distribution, e-
commerce and embedded applications. Strategic investors include Sony
Corporation. For more information, see http://www.ntru.com or call NTRU at
888.346.NTRU or 617.948.9138. NTRU is pronounced "En' true."
NTRU, FastWTLS, the NTRU logo and the FastWTLS logo are trademarks of NTRU
Cryptosystems, Inc. Portions of NTRU's system are the subject of pending
patent applications in the US and internationally.
For Information Contact:
Scott Crenshaw Gregg Moskowitz
NTRU Blue Spike
(617) 948-9138 (212) 725-3974
screnshaw@ntru.com gregg@bluespike.com
SOURCE NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Scott Crenshaw of NTRU, 617-948-9138,
screnshaw@ntru.com or Gregg Moskowitz of Blue Spike,
212-725-3974, gregg@bluespike.com
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